The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1887-05-26

. The charity ball in Butte for the bene
fit of the orphans home was great sue
cess, Something of the kind should b
done in Philpsburg for the brick churc
now being built here, or, before an unsue
|pecting pubic is aware of it, the ante
d1uvian chestnut of church fair will b
sprung upon it.
:'On Monday the prize fight for 20
pounds and the lightweight champion
ship of New South Wales between
!: Mitchell, of San Francisco, and Hall, tn
! australian champion, resulted in draw
The fight took place in Sydney, and forty
six rounds were fought.
The report of the director of the min
on the production of precious metals fo1
1886 places the output for the year al
$35,OO0OO0 in gold and $39,445,312 ir
silver. Colorado is first as a produces
and Montana second, with $17,OO0,0O(
against $16,000,000 by California.
A sleeper on the Denver & Rio Grande
Sat Lake express was derailed near Sc
dalia at 5 o'clock Thursday morning
Grace Leslie, leading lady of Kate Cas-.
tleton's troupe, was instantly killed, and
several other persons injured. The
wounded were taken to the company'e
hospital at Sedalia.
At Albuquerque, New Mexico, last Fri
day, George Muir, after drinking heavily
for couple of days, committed suicide
on the roof of his lodging house by the
use of steel paper cutter. He was 3e
years old and had been employed as a
military telegraph operator at FortWhip-
pie and Prescott, Arizona, for the past six
years.
Jane E. Hall and her sister, of Mont
gomery county, Pa, are sueing the gov
ernment for $4,000,00O, which they claim
is the principal and interest on loan
made by Jacob De Haven, ineal ances-
tor, to the colonial government in 1777.
Congress allowed the claim once during
Washington's first ADMINISTRATION, but
there was no surplus at the time and
soon after the claimant died.
: A race from New York to San Fran
CISCO. 1900 miles, has been arranged
between the clipper ships Seminole and
: Charmer. The George Curtis sailed from
Philadelphia for the same place at the
same time. The captain says that
although his ship is not regularly entered
in the race, he is going to beat both of
the New York racers. His vessel has a
record of 10000 miles in 100 days.
Maggie Dean, who disappeared SO mys-
teriously from the house of her foster
parents in Newtown, N. Y, about two
years ago, turned up safe and sound
again at her old home last week. It seems
she had been to see her real father, Mi
chel Camp, who lives in St. Louis, but
found him a drunken vagabond who
made her work to support him, and so
left him again at her first opportunity.
By taking service occasionally she was
enabled finally to reach Newton.
Crystal Falls, small mining town in
the upper peninsula of Michigan, is in
imminent danger of destruction from the
forest fires Iron Mountain, Quinnessic
and Norway are now out of danger. Bar
ago and Lanse are places which have
good fire protection. The destruction
of cordwood, ties and standing pine is es-
timated at $3,5OO,0OO. The southern Pc
ninsular is also suffering from fires. Be-
sides, in the neighborhood Of Cheboygan,
fires are causing considerable destruction
in Glare county. Several million feet of
lumber will be destroyed.
Again, at Kingston, Ontario, O'Brien
and party were attacked, and this time
O'Brien himself was hit on the head with
stone and severely injured. As before
the police made no effort at arrest. DR..
Doyle, of Watertown, N. Y, where the
O'Bfien party arrived on Saturday, said
OBrien was suffering from inte rnal inju
ries sustained during the Kingston attack,
and that attack Of pleurisy would be
the final outcome if he did not
rest for a few days at Niagara Falls.
However, he left Niagara Falls for
Hamilton on Monday, where the nation
alists were organized for his protection,
and where the Orangemen, afraid to
attack him openly, shot at him from al
leys as he was driving home unprotected.
The driver was wounded in the hand, but
O'Brien escaped unhurt.
The recent earthquake in Arizona ex-
posed rich quartz ledge for distance,
by the side of q mountain sliding off and
leaving it bare. The boys of neighbor-
ing camp were advised of the uncovering
of the ledge by a prospector, who nc
doubt always looked out for the main
chance, and there was grand rush made
for the place and men took up claims
when the earth still shook so violently
that they had to hang on the side of the